Something warned the second Death Eater; an instinct maybe from the last way. But he turned to see the large, furred form destroy his partner with a single swipe in passing. In an instant the man turned his wand, casting a fast, silent offensive curse. The creature moved through the curse without pause. The next second found the Death Eater on the ground vainly trying to block the blood from escaping the gaping wound on his neck.
The Beast never slowed as it moved into the tent. The final Death Eater was in Sirius's room trying to open a trunk. He never heard the Beast enter the room. He had only a moment to think when the large hands grabbed him by the chin and the back of the head. The moment ended when he felt his head forced to turn and a sudden snap.
The squad of Aurors descended on the village with their wands drawn and on high alert. The Death Eaters apparated away when the Dark Mark appeared but they still needed to secure the campgrounds by doing an in-depth search. Eye witnesses placed at least two Death Eaters in the area and possibly more.
The discovery of three bodies in Death Eater robes lying on the ground outside a large ornate tent came as a large shock.
"Check them out," the squad leader ordered one member. "Weller, Green, on guard. Bender, Adams, check the tent."
"Snapped neck," the squad medic announced from the first body. He turned to look at the body immediately next to it. "This one has what looks like a werewolf slash to his neck but the full moon isn't for another ten days yet."
"And the third?"
The medic cast a quick charm. He looked shocked at the results. "He's still alive! Major trauma to the abdomen but some kind of nerve toxin knocked him out. Probably slowed his heart too which is why the bastard is still alive."
"And I want to keep him that way so he can answer questions," the squad leader ordered. The medic grunted before slapping a portkey on the survivor and tapping it with his wand. In a blink the suspect was transported to St Mungos.
"Boss, we have someone in here!" Adams yelled out from the tent.
The squad leader walked quickly into the tent. His two Aurors were standing outside a closed door on either side of the wall.
"What have we got here?" he ordered.
"Juvenile male. Door's barricaded and he's refusing to open it. Told him I was an Auror and offered to show him my badge." The Auror grinned a bit before adding in amusement, "He said that it and a few knuts would get me a cup of tea. Won't open until someone he trusts comes."
"Moody would love this one," Bender snickered.
The squad leader moved over to the door. "Hello in the room."
"Hello outside the room," a voice snarked back.
"I am Senior Auror Kinsley Shacklebolt. May I ask who you are?"
"Sure." Kingsley waited several moments before he realized no further reply was coming.
"Who are you?"
"Sorry, not going to tell you, but feel free to ask again." Kingsley ignored the amused snickers from his team members.
"We don't have time for this," Kingsley announced. "We have a situation here and you are required to come out now. We have two dead bodies in Death Eater robes and a third Portkeyed straight to St Mungos. I have questions that need to be answered."
"And I am perfectly capable of answering them through the door."
Kinglsey supressed a groan of frustration. "I am an officer of the Ministry. Would you accept my word that you will be safe coming out?"
"No good. I've known too many Ministry officials," the boy replied, the amusement evident in his tone.
Kingsley rolled his eyes at the cheeky answer. He was about to reply when the team medic came in and whispered into his ear. "Are you sure?" he asked in a quiet voice. The Auror simply nodded his face set in a grim line. "Okay, we need to know what happened here."
Kinglesy was turning to the locked door again to try to get the brat on the other side to open up when the notorious Sirius Black ran into the tent. "Harry?!" he yelled out. "Remus?!"
"Mr Black? Is this your tent?" Kingsley asked. The Senior Auror quickly realized that if this was Black's tent then the 'brat' on the other side of the wall was likely Harry Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived. Great.
"Yes, it is. Where's Harry and Remus?" the former fugitive demanded. Kingsley suddenly realized exactly who was the behind the barricaded door.
The Auror pointed at the door. "I believe Mr Potter is in there."
"Sirius, it that you?" Harry yelled out.
"Are you okay, Pronglet?" Sirius demanded. "Where's Moony?"
The door opened to reveal a well-built teenaged boy with the famous Potter hair and dazzling green eyes. Kingsley hadn't attended Hogwarts so he never knew the Marauders in school. He had arrived in England not long after the You-Know-Who's fall and had seen many pictures of the Boy-Who-Lived's parents.
"Moony is fine," the boy assured his guardian. "He slept through the whole thing."
The Head of the Black family made a short, barking laugh. "I hope you got pictures."
"I was a bit busy for that, Padfoot."
Kingsley took the chance to interrupt. "And what did happen here, Mr Potter?"
The boy looked over to the Auror. "Three idiot Death Eaters decided to run around blowing stuff up. I couldn't move Remus so I forted up in here. I overheard them talking about looking for Sirius and me. I thought I was going to have to fight them magically no matter what the Underage Decree says. Then something got them first. I didn't see what it was. They were either dead or unconscious so I decided to sit tight and wait for Sirius to show up."
"That was probably wise, Mr Potter," Kingsley granted. He made a small motion to one of his men to check out the other room. The man returned a moment later to confirm a passed out wizard in an otherwise normal room.
"May I check your wand to verify you did not cast anything today?" Kingsley asked. Harry shared a glance with Sirius before handing over his wand. The Auror cast a spell on the wand. A stream of symbols started to emit from the tip.
"A couple advanced locking charms, a few flame retardant spells, and a Silencing Charm," he interpreted as Bender recorded the results. "Nothing else in the last twenty-four hours. Those are reasonable for the situation. Why the Silencing Charm though?"
The boy grinned. "Remus started to snore like a buzzsaw."
"And you wanted to prevent your attackers from finding you," Kingsley finished.
The grin widened. "That and it stopped me from smothering him with a pillow from all the noise." The assembled Aurors chuckled.
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